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The Seventh annual conference of the Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health was organised by the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University at Varanasion from 5th to 7th March, 2010 and theme was “Health, Poverty and Human Development” . The Inaugural Session started at 10 a.m. on 5th March The session was presided over by Prof. T.M. Mahapatra, Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. After the welcome address by Prof. A.K. Pandey, Coordinator, Centre for Study of social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Prof. K.E. Vaidyanathan, President, Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health, introduced the theme of the seminar. Chief Guest Prof. JMS Verma from Lucknow University, in his in-augural address threw light on the evolution of the concept of human development. While discussing health as an issue, he emphasized the importance of strengthening the preventive system rather than the curative only. The Guest of Honour, Prof. T.M. Mahapatra, Director, IMS, BHU, in his presidential address talked about life-style generated diseases, however, he emphasized that in Indian context even these diseases like HIV/ AIDS have significant linkages with poverty.

Three symposia and nine technical sessions are arranged. Symposium III on the theme, ‘Food Security, Nutrition, Women and Children’ was chaired by Dr. Nesim Tumkaya, UNFPA. Four brilliant presentations were made by Prof. Kumudu Wije-wardena, Dr. Sheel Sharma, Prof. M.H. Suryanarayana and Dr. Arni Srinivasa Rao. Prof. Kumudu explained the nutritional status of fewer than five children in Sri Lanka. Dr. Nesim Tumkaya was felicitated by IASSH for his outstanding contribu-tion to Population activities in India. The conference concluded with the Valedic-tory session. After welcoming the Chief Guest Prof. C.D. Singh and other dignitar-ies, feedback was taken from the participants where they greatly appreciated the conference and congratulated the organizers.

Awards were declared for the young researcher’s presentations as well as for the best poster award.

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Book Publication 7

Job Opportunity 8

New Members List 9-10

Data Sheet 11

Welcome to New Committee (2010-2012) 12

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Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH) felicitated Dr. Nesim Tumkaya for his contribution to Social Sciences research, Population and Human Development programs through UNFPA. IASSH is much indebted to Dr. Nesim Tumkaya for his encouragement in enhancing IASSH activities through national seminars. Dr. Tumkaya participated in the seventh IASSH conference. He chaired Symposia-III and gave valuable comments and suggestions. He explained that “the social sciences research should be carefully carried out on the basis of available data and selection of suitable methodology viz: Analytical or descriptive”. His valuable comments are very well taken by all young scholars. Let us know about Dr. Nesim Tumkaya : Dr. Tumkaya is a Fulbright Scholar for advanced study at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) where he obtained a Ph. D degree in Demography. Dr. Nesim Tumkaya has more than 33 years of professional experience, including university teaching and advisory services to governments under the auspices of the United Nations. Prior to taking up his current assignment in New Delhi as the UNFPA Representative for India (and Country Director for Bhutan) in June 2007, Mr. Tum-kaya was the Deputy Director, Division for Arab States, Europe and Central Asia at UNFPA Headquarters in New York. Dr. Tumkaya worked as UNFPA Representative in several countries such as Sudan, Paki-stan, Indonesia and Uzbekistan while he covered also Kazakstan, Kyrgztan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. Prior to joining UNFPA, Mr. Tumkaya worked as Chief Technical Adviser for the United Nations Depart-ment of Technical Cooperation For Development (UN-DTCD), in the capacity of Professor of Demogra-phy at the University of Swaziland (Kingdom of Swaziland) and University of Botswana, and as Senior Adviser to the Central Statistical office, Government of Botswana. Before joining the UN, Dr. Tumkaya worked as Assistant Professor at the Pahlavi University in Iran.

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Felicitation to Dr.Nesim Tumkaya

Young Scientist Best Research Paper award & Poster award

To encourage young social scientist in improving research skills , IASSH instituted award for best re-search paper since 2009. This year SIGMA RESEARCH AND CONSULTING PVT LTD., NEW DELHI sponsored this event by giving certificate and cash award of Rs.1000/- each. In presence of Dr .U. V. Somayajulu Director, SIGMA Research and Consulting P. Ltd, Chief Guest Prof. C.D. Singh distrib-uted the certificates. CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE AWARD WINNERS. The award recipients are: *V Vijayalakshmi :“ SHGs in Empowering Women’s Health : An Empirical Study” victoryviji@gmail.com *Rajesh Kumar Rai : “ Effects of Family Structure on Child Mortality in India”rajesh.iips28@gmail.com *Aninidita Chowdhury :“Impact of Male Sexual Deficiencies on STDs” aninditachwdhry@gmail.com Best Poster Presentation award recipients are: *P Jagnnath “ Oral Hygiene Practices among 12-14 years Old Rural Children of Kinaya Village :ACross Sectional Study” dr.jagannathp@rediffmail.com *Vibha Pandey, “ Trauma Related Emergencies among Children attended by GVK-EMRI in AP” vibha_pandey@emri.in *Varun Sharma “ HIV/AIDS – Beyond Numbers” sharmavarun84@gmail.com

EIGHTH IASSH CONFERENCE THEME: “HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT". Venue: TIRUPATI, Andhra Pradesh , Date: Second Week of February,2011.

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Organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Adolescent Life Course in Developing Countries, the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) and the Centre for Demographic Urban and Environmental Studies (CEDUA) of El Colegio de México..Deadline for submission of abstracts: 10 May 2010. The seminar will focus on the evolving patterns and processes of youth migration in developing countries. It will examine their consequences for the various transitions to adulthood, including their interrelations with youth sexual and reproductive behaviors. A specific emphasis will be put on gender differences and on the possible empowerment effect of migration. For full announcement and description of this seminar is available at: http://www.iussp.org/Activities/adolc/call10.php

Symposia on Health Systems, Health Economies and Globalization: Social Science Perspec-tives, 2-3 July 2010, London, UK and 4-5 Nov 2010, New Delhi, India

King’s College London, in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health) and LSE Health, invites abstracts for the first of two symposia .The first symposium, hosted by the London partners on July 2nd & 3rd .Abstracts (300words) are invited by 29th March 2010 to Dr Susan F Murray, Reader in International Healthcare, King’s College London, to be sent to pauline.Khng@kcl.ac.uk

The second two-day symposium will be hosted by JNU in India in November, and will focus more spe-cifically on issues of relevance to India and Indian researchers, and on further elaboration of a research agenda. Contact: Professor Rama Baru (Jawaharlal Nehru University) ,rbaru2002@yahoo.co.uk , Dr Emma Pitchforth (LSE Health),E.pitchforth@lse.ac.uk ,Dr Susan F Murray (King’s College London) Network Coordinator Contact: susan_fairley.murray@kcl.ac.uk

The United Nations is convening a four-day summit of Economists, Educationists, Administrators, Manu-facturers, Researchers, Non-Governmental Organizations, Religious Leaders, Community Organizations Private Sector from 12 -15 April,2010 in London (UK) to assess the worst global economic down turn since the Great Depression .Invited participants will take responsibility for hotel accommodation expenses at the Hyde Park Hotels London UK, the designated hotel that will accommodate all participant for the Global Financial and Economic Crisis Summit. For more registration information, to participate in the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, contact the coordinators via e-mail: unevents@unitednationcc.org

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International Seminar on Youth Migration and Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8-10 December 2010

Conferences/Symposia/Workshops

United Nations Conference at the Highest Level on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development."2nd Segment"( 12 - 15 April 2010, @ The International Convention Center London, United Kingdom) .

The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Adolescent Life Course in Developing Countries invites researchers in the field to submit online by 10 May 2010 a short 200-word abstract AND upload an extended abstract (2 to 4 pages, including tables) or a full paper, which must be unpublished. To submit and fill out the online submission form, please click here: online submission form. http://www.iussp.org/Activities/adolc/submissions/login.html

• Audinarayana, N. (2010). “Prevalence of RTIs/STIs among Married Women and their Determinants in Rural and Urban Areas of Madhya Pradesh: An Analysis of DLHS-RCH-2 Data”, In: Population, Gen-der and Health in India: Methods, Processes and Policies, K. S. James et al. (eds.). New Delhi: Aca-demic Foundation, pp. 349-366. audi

• Audinarayana. N. (2010). “Sexual Behaviour and Its Determinants among Young Never-married Male Factory Workers in a South Indian Knit City”, Journal of Population and Social Studies 18(2): 155-173 (Thailand).

• Preeti Misra: "Health Status of Marginalized Tribal Women –Concerns and Future Directions" in “Tribal Development in India-Contemporary Issues and Perspectives (ed) SR Padhi & B Padhy, Manglam Publications, Delhi, 2010, pp 263-280 ,misra9_us@yahoo.com

• Preeti Misra:“Barriers in Food Security and Sustainability of Agriculture: A Human Right Appraisal” in Proceedings of National Seminar on “Food Security and Sustainability in India” organized by GAD Institute of Development Studies, Amritsar on 7&8 Nov.2009, pp 205-213, misra9_us@yahoo.com

• Preeti Misra: “Secularism and its Inter-Relationship with Social Institutions- An Analysis in Context of India” in International Symposium on “Secularism and Non-Violence : A Mandate for World Peace” organized by Dept. of Social Work, Women’s Studies Centre and World Punjabi Centre,

Punjabi University, Patiala on 17-18 December 2009,misra9_us@yahoo.com • John D (2009): Public Expenditures, Budgets and Children under Six. In I Mazumdar, V Raman, S Ray

(Eds), Undoing our Future: A Report on the Status of the Young Child in India, (pp. 107-130). New Delhi: FORCES (Forum for Crèches and Childcare Services) djohn1976@yahoo.com

• Vijay Sarode (2010):“Low Immunization among Children in Slums in Mumbai” , MIDDLE EAST

JOURNALOF FAMILY MEDICINE-February 2010- Volume 8, Issue 1, vijaymsarode@yahoo.com • Vighnesh N. Bhat :'Indian television and formation of national identity: Frame Analysis of national and

international channels' in the 56th Research Panel of Association of Asian Studies at its 27th Congress at Philadelphia, USA starting from 24th March , vighnubhat@rediffmail.com

• Bhola Nath Ghosh:(2009): “Decentralization or Democratic Devolution”, in Panchayati Raj Up-

date, pp 6-7, January, Vol. XVI, No.1, edited by Raj Kishore for Institute of Social sciences, 8, Nelson Mandela Road, New Delhi.bholanathghosh@hotmail.com

• Bhola Nath Ghosh :( 2009): “ Milk-co-operatives and Rural Development in West Bengal: A few

issues”, in South Asian Anthropologist, Volume 9, Number 2, pp. 167-176, Serial publications, New Delhi. bholanathghosh@hotmail.com

• Ashish Kumar Mishra, awarded Ph. D on the topic:“Self Image, Actualization, Risk and Coping Strategies: A Study of MSM in the Wake of HIV Epidemic in Mumbai”, HSS Department, IIT Kan-pur, 2009 (Supervisor: Prof. A. K. Sharma). Dr. Ashish Kumar Mishra, Joined Pathfinders International, New Delhi, as senior technical consultant.

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Knowledge Resources :Research Papers

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• Bhola Nath Ghosh (2010): “ Nagarik Samaj Andolon”, in Bharater Samajik Andolon, edited by Krishnadas Chattopadhya & Aniruddha Chowdhury, p.238 -243, Levant Book, Kolkata, bholanathghosh@hotmail.com

• Bhola Nath Ghosh (2009): “Gender and Discrimination, Health Nutritional Status, and Role of Women in India”, edited with Manoranjan pal, Premananda Bharati and T.S.Vasulu, Oxford Uni-versity Press, New Delhi. bholanathghosh@hotmail.com

• Indian Youth in the New Millennium by S. Saraswathi, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Youth Develop-ment, Sriperumbudur, Chennai 602105

• Value of Children and Fertility by Ravindra K. Sharma, Publisher: Radha Publications 423/1, An-sari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi – 110002

• Undoing our Future: A Report on the Status of the Young Child in India, FORCES (Forum for Crèche and Child Care Services), Address: c/o Centre for Women’s Development Studies,25, Bhai Vir Singh Marg, Gole Market, New Delhi – 110 001forces.forces@gmail.com

• Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Balaiah Donta and Jay G. Silverman (2009): “Prevalence of child mar-

riage and its effects on fertility and fertility-control outcomes of young women in India: A cross-sectional observational study”. Lancet 373: 1883 - 1889.

• Dr. P.K.B. Nayar on invitation participated in the International Seminar on Social and Health Policies for Equity: Approaches and strategies, held in the University College, London, on Nov.4-9, 2009 organ-ized by IUSSP. He presided over the session on “Social Approaches to Health Inequity” and presented a paper on “Conceptual Model for a Health Equity Programme”

• Prof. P.K.B. Nayar is Coordinator and Chair of a session on Aging of the Aged at the International Con-gress of Sociology being organized by International Sociological Association (ISA) at Gothenburg, Swe-den on July 11 -17, 2010. He is also presenting a paper at the Congress on the “The Eighty Plus : Emerging Trends and Needed Concerns in Demography of Aging”.

• Dr U V Somayajulu, General Secretary of IASSH and CEO of Sigma Research and Consulting visited the University of Michigan. He was invited by the Asia Law Society, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor to talk on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility in India’ as part of the symposium on “Doing Business In Asia Without Selling Your Soul : CSR and Its Influence on the Rule of Law” held on March 20, 2010.

• Ms. Rita Singh, Wizmin Management Consultants Kanpur and Prof. A. K. Sharma, “A Base Line Study to Estimate Critical Parameters for Intervention in Maternal Mortality through Reducing PPH in Udaipur District of Rajasthan”, February, 2010, HSS Department ,Kanpur (Donor: Pathfinders International, New Delhi).

• Balaiah Donta (2010): Invited speaker on the topic ‘Enhancing Involvement of Husbands in Reproduc-tive Health: Addressing Couples in Slums of Mumbai”, in International Conference on “Reproductive Health & 20th Annual meeting of the ISSRF” during 8 -10 February 2010, Jaipur, India.

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Knowledge Resources

Attended and Presented papers in the Seminars/Conferences

Dr. Mohammad A, Reader in Sociology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, India,  akram_soc@yahoo.co.in,  Major Research Project by UGC on “MIGRATION, HEALTH AND SEXUAL-ITY: A STUDY OF MIGRANT CONSTRUCTION LABOURERS IN THE URBAN SETTING OF UTTAR PRADESH.” for 2009-11. The study is focusing on sexuality, reproduction and health status of the migrant construction laborers and other re-lated workers migrating from Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and some other states to western region in UP state. Mohammad Akram: TRIBAL HEALTH: STUDYING SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, 2009. Rawat Publication, pp: 280, Rs.530 akram_soc@yahoo.co.in

• Mr. Denny John, MBA (Hosp Mgmt), former staff of Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru (www.iphindia.org) and life member of IASSH; is presently enrolled for MPH program at University of Auckland with support of NZAID Commonwealth Scholarship.. He is working in the area of health economics. He can be contacted at djohn1976@yahoo.com through email;

• Prof Vighnesh Bhat, former Professor of Sociology at Shimoga University and EC member of IASSH has taken the position of Director in Bangaluru. He is currently in the USA to deliver a special panel lecture in the 27th AAS Conference at Philadelphia.

• Dr. K. E. Vaidyanathan attended and presented a paper entitled “Estimates of Mortality and Morbid-ity in India’s Health Management information system”, Seminar on “Demography: International Per-spective and Challenges in India, Organized by IIPS, Feb 12-13, 2010, Mumbai.

• Dr. C.P.Prakasam attended and presented a paper entitled “Impact of household Environmental fac-tors influencing child survival” ,Seminar on “Demography: International Perspective and Challenges in India, Organized by IIPS, Feb 12-13, 2010, Mumbai

• The following members attended three days conference on “Demographic Convergence, Demographic Dividend, Population Ageing and implications for Health and Socio-economic transformations:..” or-ganized by IIPS, at Chennai during March 25-27,2010:Dr.K.E.Vaidyanathan, Dr. P. K. B. Nayar, Dr. C.P. Prakasam, Dr. N. Audinarayana, Dr. U. V .Somayajulu, Dr. S. Siva Raju and other members.

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Awards & Rewards

Attended/Presented papers in the seminar, Conferences

 Seminar on Children in India:

The Department of Demography, University of Kerala and the Southern chapter of IASP are jointly orga-nizing a three-day National Seminar on POPULATION DYNAMICS AND HEALTH ISSUES OF CHILDREN IN INDIA during April 23-25 at Thiruvananthapuram. Contact: Dr. P. Mohanachandran Nair, demographyku@gmail.com

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SECTION-1: Ethics and Human Rights Issues K. E. Vaidyanathan : Equity, Health and Environment: The Indian Scenario Vighnesh N. Bhat: Some Conceptual Issues Concerning Health and Human Rights U V Somayajulu and Tilak Mukherji : Ethics in Social Research on Health : Review of Guidelines Tushar Joshi: Inequities in Occupational Health: A Human Rights Perspective M. Ganesan, Suma Prashant and Meenakshi Gautham: Human Rights and Rural Health Providers’ Access to Health Information SECTION-2: Inequalities in Health Care Utilization: N. Audinarayana : Public Health Facilities and their Role in Utilization of MCH services in Indian States: DLHS-RCH,2 Data Analysis Shilpi Tiwari and Girish Chandra Tripathi: Health Problems during Pregnancy and Health Seeking Behaviour among Married Women in Uttar Pradesh V. M. Sarode: Does Illiteracy increases Reproductive Tract Infections among women in slum setting of Greater Mumbai? C. P. Prakasam: Women Empowerment and its Consequence on Reproductive Health in Selected States: NFHS-3 Data Analysis Deepshikha Tarai: Autonomy of women and Ante Natal Care: A Comparative study of Two Indian States, Evidences from NFHS-3 SECTION-3: Maternal Health Siddharth Agarwal, Aradhana Srivastava & Monisha Vaid: Maternal and Child Health of Urban Poor in India: Im-plications for Achieving the MDGs A. Krishnamurthy and P. Muniappan: Causes of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in Tamil Nadu 2007-2008 M.V. Vaithilingam: Early Childhood Mortality in South Indian States: A Study of Levels, Differentials, Trends and Changes from NFHS and SRS SECTION-4: Gender Dimensions of Health S. Ramachandran, A. Subbiah & A.K.Ravishankar: Gender and Mortality Indicators of Health in India Sanjeev Bakshi and Prasanta Pathak: Health at Old Ages in India: A Statistical Exposition of its Socio-Cultural and Gender Dimensions Jagannath Behera : Changing Gender Disparity in Child Survival in India: Evidences from three NFHS’s SECTION-5: Policies and Health Programs to reduce Vulnerability H.C. Srivastava: National Rural Health Mission (2005-2012): An Overview of the Salient Features Prasanta Pathak: Vulnerability of Kolkata Slum Population in Financial Management of Health Problems Disha Tewari: The IMNCI Approach towards Realizing the MDG Goal: A Community Study in Madhya Pradesh Rekha Gupta : Influence of Education on Health in India Pradeep Kumar Parida :Community Health Management during Natural Disasters SECTION-6: Nutrition and Health A.K.Ravishankar, S. Ramachandran and A. Subbiah: Prevalence of Chronic Energy Deficiency and its conse-quences on Children’s Nutritional Status among marginalized group in India. G. Muthulakshmi, R.Swapna, T.R.Gopalan, and A. J. Hemamalini: Does Body Mass Index amongst Primipa-rous Women affects the birth weight of Neonates? G. M. Subba Rao, R. V. Sudershan and Kalpagam Polasa: Women and Household Food Safety in India –Inferences from a Nation Wide study SECTION-7: Social Aspects of Health: N. Dhanabaghyam : Family Life Education in Schools: An Out Look Ashish Kumar Mishra and Arun Kumar Sharma :Society, Self Image and Risk: A study of MSM Com-munity in Mumbai. Anindita Chowdhury : The Green- Eyed Monster: Understanding the Meaning of Jealousy in Romantic Rela-tionship Sangram Kumar Rout: Socio-Political Historiography and Corruption on Health Aspects in India: From Co-lonial Era to Globalised Era

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Program Assistant A Health and Family Welfare Program Location: Patna, Bihar http://216.119.85.221/artman2/publish/indian-jobs/article_20946.shtml

Statistician cum Research Associate Community Health Department, St. Stephen's Hospi-tal, Location: Delhi http://216.119.85.221/artman2/publish/indian-jobs/article_20928.shtml

Health Care Intern, Drishtee Foundation Location: Mathura, Uttar Pradesh http://216.119.85.221/artman2/publish/indian-jobs/article_20878.shtml

Field Surveyor and Survey Supervisors Community Health Department, St. Stephen's Hospi-tal, Location: Delhi http://216.119.85.221/artman2/publish/indian-jobs/article_20896.shtml Senior / Program Officer Family Health International (FHI) Location: New Delhi, India

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459. Dr. Mathada Sivamurthy, mathadsivamurthy@hotmail.com 460. Dr. Laxmi Bilas Acharya, laxmibilasacharya@gmail.com, 461. Dr. Anima Sharma, arnimasharma@gmail.com, ani-masharma@rediffmail.com dranima_sharma@sify.com 462. Mr. Dip Narayan Sapkota sapkotadn@gmail.com 463. Ms. Katja Vaukonen katja.vauhkonen@gmail.com 464. Mr. Niraj Kumar Singh nksingh5@gmail.com 465. Mr. Prashant Kumar Singh prashants.geo@gmail.com 466. Mr. K. Rajendra niharika269@yahoo.com 467. Mrs. Sunitha Ranjan sunita.ranjan2008@gmail.com 468. Ms. Lucky Singh lucky_5bhu@yahoo.com 469 A. Ms. Taniya Mojumder, taniya.majumder@gmail.com 470 A. Ms. Madhusmita Das, mitumadhu@gmail.com 471.Mr. Tapan Kumar Roy, roy.tapan@gmail.com ,tapkroy@yahoo.com 472. Mr. Rajendra Singh, rsingh@icrw.org 473. Prof. Bhanoji Rao,bhanoji@gmail.com, bhanoji@nus.edu.sg 474. Dr. S. Suresh Kumar sureshkumarprc@yahoo.com 475. Mrs. Preetha V.Mohan, preetha6304@yahoo.co.in, preethavnair@gmail.com 476. Mrs. Lini, G.R., grlini@yahoo.com 477. Dr. Sajini B.Nair, sanjinikiran@yahoo.com 478. Mr. Rajesh J. Nair, rajeshdemography@yahoo.co.in, torajeshjnair@gmail.com 479. Mr. Abhishek Kumar, abhi85_iips@rediffmail.com 480. Dr. K. R. Anitha Kumari, nanavijay007@yahoo.co.in 481. Mr. Kumar Vikrant, kumarvikrant76@rediffmail.com 482. Mr. Anil Kumar Gupta, unickmail@gmail.com 483. Dr. P.Khuraisha Beevi, kuruhameed@rediffmail.com 484. Dr. Talwar Sabanna, sabannatalwars@rediffmail.com 485. Dr. Manojkumar S.Kulkarni mskulkarni45@rediffmail.com 486. Dr.K.Ravindran, ravi@tiss.edu 487. Ms. Vishav Preet Kaur vishavpreetk@gmail.com 488. Mr.Shailendra Kumar Mishra, shailendra17@gmail.com, shailendra_r@isical.ac.in 489. Dr.Brijesh C.Purohit, brijeshpurohit@gmail.com 490. Prof.K.E.Seetharam, keseetharam@nus.edu.sg

491. Dr.S.Sulaja, sulaja_s@yahoo.co.in 492. Ms. Lopamudra Paul, lopamudra77@gmail.com 493. Dr. Sanghmitra Sheel Acharya, sanghami-tra@mail.jnu.ac.in, sanghmitra.acharya@gmail.com 494 A. Dr. Gargi N.Raval, drgargi@in.com 495. Dr. L. Shylaja, shylajajothi@yahoo.co.in 496. Prof. Indu Mathur, indumathurprof@yahoo.com 497. Prof. Leena Parmar --no e-mail 498. Mr. Mohd .Shannawaz, shahnawaziips@gmail.com 499. Dr. (Mrs) Laxmi Thakur, drlaxmithakur@gmail.com 500. Dr.Nakka Venkata Rajeswari, rajeshwariprcd@sify.com, nvrajeshwari@yahoo.co.in 501. Prof. Padala Satya Sekhar, psekhar9@gmail.com 502. Ms. Sweta Kumari Gupta, shweta.csrd@gmail.com 505. Dr. S. C. Jhansi, drscjhansi@yahoo.co.in 506. Dr. Santosh Kumar Mishra, drskmishrain@yahoo.com

507. Dr. Chandra Prabha Pathak, chandraprabha29@yahoo.co.in 509. Dr. G. Narasimha Rao, lion6017@gmail.com 510. Mr. Denny John, djohn1976@yahoo.com 511. Dr. Syeda Azeem Unnisa, syeda_30@yahoo.co.in 512. Mr.Kalapatapu RaviKiran Sharma, kalapatapu@iitbombay.org 513. Mr. Gautam Basu, basug@searo.who.int 514. Dr. Kamalakara Prasad Tiruvayipati, drkamal_prasad@yahoo.co.in 515. Mr. G. Shankar, g_shankar_2007@yahoo.co.in 516. Mrs. Shashi Punam, khushi12.p@gmail.com 517. Dr. Chandra Bhushan Tripathi, cbt_vns@hotmail.com 518. Dr. Kailash Deka, kdeka60@yahoo.in 519. Mr. Caesar Roy, caesar3@rediffmail.com 520. Mr. Pandurang Sontakke, pandurang.sontakke@gmail.com 521. Dr. Bipul Kumar Bhadra bipul.bhadra@gmail.ocm , drbipulk_bhadra@yahoo.co.in 522. Dr (Ms) Kalpagam Umamaheswaran, kalpa-gam77@rediffmail.com 523.Mr.V.Jagadeesh, drvjagadeesh@gmail.com 524.Mr.Prashant Vishnupant Sowane, pvstul@rediffmail.com, prashantsonwane7@gmail.com 525.Mr. Sumit Arora, sociologist.amritsar@gmail.com 526. Ms.N.Savitha,savithaeco@gmail.com 527. Ms.Neha Singh,neha.sbhu@gmail.com 528. Mr.S.V.Balasubramanian, baludemography@gmail.com, sv.bala@nic.in 529. Dr. T. V. Sekher,tvsekher@gmail.com 532.Mr.Karanam Viswa Bhusan, vb63@rediffmail.com bhushan_karanam@yahoo.com 533. Dr. Y. Bharani Krishna,drybkrishn@yahoo.co.in 534. Mr. V. Kiran, vkiran.yadav@gmail.com 535. Dr. Bhagavantappa P.Bulla-- no e-mail 536. Prof. G. Ramesh, rameshg67@gmail.com 537. Dr. J. B. Komaraiah, jbkomaraiah@gmail.com 538. Mr.Avinash Adinath Gore, prashantsonwane7@gmail.com 539. Ms.Mona, mona.edu@gmail.com 540. Dr. Allu Gowri Sankar Rao, gowrisankarrao.allu@yahoo.co.in 541. Prof. M. Lakshmipathi Raju, lakshmipatiraju@yahoo.com 542. Mr.Abani Ranjan Mohapatra –no e-mail 543. Ms. Seeta Kumari, seemu50@gmail.com 544. Dr.Rajiya Shahani, dr.r.shahani@gmail.com 545. Ms. Thounaojam Sunitibala Devi, sunnitibala27@gmail.com 546. Dr. Pratibha J.Mishra, pjmldn@gmail.com 547. Ms. Sweta Sonthalia, swetainbloom@yahoo.com 548. Mr.Barun Kumar Thakur, barunsandilya@gmail.com 549. Mr. Mujahid Ali, alimuja@gmail.com 550. Prof. J. George, jgsemig@gmail.com 551. Dr. G. V. Ramana Rao, ramanarao_gv@emri.in 552. Dr. Biranchi Jena, biranchijena@hotmail.com, biranchi_jena@emri.in 553. Mr. Debasis Bharadwaj, debases.bharadwaj@gmail.com, debases_bharadwaj@emri.in 554. Dr (Mrs). Smita Suresh Awachar, smitaawachar @gmail.com 555. Dr.Arni S.R.Srinivasa Rao, sraoarni@hotmail.com 560. Ms. Seema Awasthi, seema_awasthi2005@yahoo.co.in

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561. Mr. Praveen Kumar Pathak, pkp_pathak@rediffmail.com 562. Dr. Subramanyam Dasari,dsmanyam1@email.com 564. Dr. P. Jagannath drjagannathap@rediffmail.com 565. Mr. Nitendra Kr. Chaurasia, nitendrabiotech@gmail.com 566. Mr. Dattaram Dondu Naik, naikddndd@yahoo.com 567. Prof. Ratan K. Srivastava, ratnapsm@gmail.com 568. Dr. S. Krishna Reddy, reddikrishna@gmail.com 569. Dr. M. Ubaidullah, ubaidullahm@rediffmail.com 570. Ms. Manisha Srivastava, manushi.bhu@gmail.com 571. Mr. Kumar Vivek Kant, kvivekkant@gmail.com 572. Mr. J. Balamurugan, balasocio@gmail.com 573. Mrs. Ekta Singh, ers_shyam@yahoo.co.in 574. Dr. Chesta Sharma, chrysanthemum2021@gmail.com 575. Prof. Kumudu Wijewardene, kumuduwije@gmail.com 576. Dr.Varghese Manaloor, manaloor@ualberata.ca, varghese.manaloor@ualberta.ca 577. Dr.Alok Kumar Singh, aloksdr@gmail.com 578. Dr.Parvin Kumar Singh, singhdrpravin@gmail.com 579. Dr.Sanjay K.singh, singhsk64@gmail.com 580. Dr.Gyan Prakash Singh,singhgpbhu@gmail.com 581. Ms.Shilpi Tanti, shilpi.tanti@gmail.com 582. Dr. Ajay Singh, ajay007bhu@gmail.com 583. Ms.Marthala A.Jayabharathi, marthalajayabharathi@gmail.com, mjbmsw@gmail.com 584. Dr. Vinita Chandra, vinitaabhishek@gmail.com, vinitachandraa@yahoo.co.in 585. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, saurabh14mishra@gmail.com 586. Dr. Venkiteela Ravindra Kumar, ravindrakumar.vk@gmail.com 587. Dr. P. Vinayaga Murthy, pvmurthy28@yahoo.com 588. Dr. J.Joseph Durai Selvam, josephjoedurai@rediffmail.com

589. Dr. John Leslie Kumar, jlesliekumar@gmail.com 590.Dr. Abdul Gaffar Khan,agkhan_umar@yahoo.co.in 591. Mr. Satesh Gouda, M., sateeshgouda@gmail.com 592. Dr. Niraj Pandit, drniraj74@gmail.com 593. Mr. C. Muthusamy, muthufw@yahoo.co.in , muthudl@gmail.com 594. Mr. N. C. Subramanyan, manianncs@gmail.com 595. Mr. V. P. Natarajan,vp_nataraj@yahoo.co.in 596. Mr. P. Dorai Samy,dphsbhi@tn.nic.in 597. Ms. Pragnya Jonnalagadda,ravikumarj1955@yahoo.com 598. Mrs. Sunita Mishar,sunitasm1001@gmail.com 599. Mr. Taher Kasim Sayed,sayedtks@rediffmail.com 600. Mr. Surendra Kumar Singh,surendra.icrw@gmail.com 601. Mr. V. Saravanakumar,saravanakumar_prc@rediffmail.com 602. Mr. Valluri Venkata Vara Prasad, prasadvalluri1969@yahoo.co.in, prasadvalluri169@gmail.com 603. Mr. Narendra Pal Sigh,narendrasociology@yahoo.co.in 604. Mrs. Vasanta K.Sangoll, vasantasc@rediffmail.com, subhashrtt@rediffmail.com 605. Ms. P.Vijayalakshmi, vijigeevi@gmail.com 606. Mr. M.Palaniappan,palanieconomics@yahoo.com 607. Dr. Somappa N.Megeri,megerisn@gmail.com , 608. Dr. R. M. Muthu, muth_soc@yahoo.com ANNUAL MEMBERS 503 A. Ms. Puja Srivastava, srivastavapuja19@gmail.com 504 A. Ms. Arpita Verma, arpita.verma15@gmail.com 508A.Mrs.Deepika Verma, deepikakatiyar@gmail.com 530 A. Mr. R. Maruthi Kumar,maruthi_rai@rediffmail.com 531 A. Mr. V. Rama Krishna, rahul_rk2004@yahoo.co.in 563 A. Ms. Ranjeeta, 2812ranjeeta@gmail.com

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Funding opportunity: • DFID Research Programme Consortia - Tackling the Neglected Crisis of Under-nutrition DFID is

looking for innovative, strategic research that will build upon the existing evidence base and provide new knowledge on how to shape effective service delivery and strengthen health systems in the future.

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Working-with-DFID/Procurement/Current-contract-opportunities1/ • Wellcome Trust International Engagement Awards :International Engagement Awards for projects

aimed at building public engagement activities and dialogue relating to health research in developing countries http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Grants/International-Engagement-Awards/

• NZAID Commonwealth Scholarships for Public Health:: The scholarships announcements usually come in the month of April in the Ministry of HRD website http://www.education.nic.in/announcement.asp

• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1 A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria; Young Scientists Program: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/ or contact Prof. Wolfgang Lutz, lutz@iiasa.ac.at

• PennState University Postdoctoral Training Program in the Demography of Aging :Postdoctoral Training Program in the Demography of Aging, PennState University, State College, Pa, U.S.A. For as-sistance please write to helpdesk@psu.edu

• FULBRIGHT VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM IN U.S.A : Contact US Embassy • .Population Council Fellowships: write to fellowships@popcouncil.org

Fellowships and Academic Opportunities

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Pictures will speak: Seventh Conference at Varanasi

http://www.iassh.org

Name Hon. Position e-mail

1. Dr. K. E. Vaidyanathan President vaidyake@hotmail.com

2. Dr. C.P.Prakasam Vice President prakasam60@gmail.com

3. Dr. U. V. Somayajulu Secretary ulimiri_vs@yahoo.com

4. Dr. T. B. Singh Joint Secretary (Co-opted) tbsinghbiostat@gmail.com

5. Dr. N. Audinarayana Treasurer audinarayana.bu@gmail.com

6. Prof. Chura Giri Member chura_giri@rediffmail.com

7. Dr. Vighnesh Bhat Member vighnubhat@rediffmail.com

8. Dr. N. K. Mahakud Member nmahakud@gmail.com

9. Dr. Poonam Mehta Member poonam7201@yahoo.co.in

10. Dr. S. Peppin Member peppin@ximb.ac.in

11. Dr. M. S. R. Murthy Member msrmurthy2001@gmail.com

12. Dr. A. Varadarajan Member a_v_rajan@yahoo.co.in

13. Dr. K. Vijayanthimala Member kvjmala@yahoo.co.in

Dr. P.K.B. Nayar Ex-Officio member pkbnayar@yahoo.co.in

President Dr. K. E. Vaidyanathan expressing his views Dr. C. D. Singh, giving Valedictory address

http://Zunia.org has a wealth of information on health related topics, and these can be down-loaded freely